A Treatise on IntrenchmentsD. Van Nostrand, 1866 - 146 Seiten |
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Seite ii - OF MILITARY BRIDGES, in Use by the United States »•-} Army ; those adopted by the Great European Powers ; and such as are employed in British India. With Directions for the .Preservation, Destruction, and Re-establishment of Bridges.
Seite iii - A Course of Instruction in the Elements of the Art and Science of War, for the Use of the Cadets of the United States Military Academy, West Point, NY 12mo, cloth $1 .75 Field Fortifications.
Seite iii - Field Artillery, prepared under direction of the War department, having been approved by the President, is adopted for the instruction of troops when acting as field artillery. •* Accordingly, instruction In the same will be given after the method pointed out therein; and all additions to or departures from the exercise and manoeuvres laid down in the system, are positively forbidden.
Seite i - Riflemen, prepared under the direction of the War Department, having been approved by the President, is adopted for the instruction of the troops when acting as...